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Saturday, December 3, 2011

The International Documentary Association held their 27th annual IDA Documentary Awards at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light picked up the Best Feature Award, edging out Better This World, How to Die in Oregon, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and The Tiniest Place. None of the nominees are on the Academy's shortlist for Best Documentary.

Speaking through a translator, Guzmán said "A country that does not have documentary filmmaking is like a family with no photo album."

How to Die in Oregon and The Tiniest Place (El Lugar Más Pequeño) were the only double nominees, with nods in the Best Feature and IDA Humanitas categories. However, they went away empty-handed with Leonard Retel Helmrich's Stand van de Sterren (Position Among the Stars) capturing the Humanitas prize.
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DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARDThis award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field.Guañape Sur
Director/Executive Producer/Writer: János Richter
Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella
Producer: Georg Zeller
ZeLIG- School for Documentary, Andanafilms, Icarus Films

IDA HUMANITAS AWARDThe IDA/HUMANITAS AWARD is given to a documentarian whose film strives to unify the human family by exploring the stories of human beings who are different in culture, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs.Position Among the Stars (Stand van de Sterren)
Director/Writer: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Producer/Writer: Hetty Naaijkens - Retel Helmrich
Scarabee Films and HUMAN Broadcasting in association with HBO Documentary Films

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD

This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary.